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Jesus Taken Up Into Heaven
In my former book, Theophilus, I wrote about all that Jesus began to do and to teach
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But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.”
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They all joined together constantly in prayer, along with the women and Mary the mother of Jesus, and with his brothers.
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(With the payment he received for his wickedness, Judas bought a field; there he fell headlong, his body burst open and all his intestines spilled out.
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The Holy Spirit Comes at Pentecost
When the day of Pentecost came, they were all together in one place.
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All of them were filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues as the Spirit enabled them.
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Utterly amazed, they asked: “Aren’t all these who are speaking Galileans?
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Peter Addresses the Crowd
Then Peter stood up with the Eleven, raised his voice and addressed the crowd: “Fellow Jews and all of you who live in Jerusalem, let me explain this to you; listen carefully to what I say.
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“‘In the last days, God says, I will pour out my Spirit on all people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy, your young men will see visions, your old men will dream dreams.
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God has raised this Jesus to life, and we are all witnesses of it.
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“Therefore let all Israel be assured of this: God has made this Jesus, whom you crucified, both Lord and Messiah.”
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The promise is for you and your children and for all who are far off—for all whom the Lord our God will call.”
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All the believers were together and had everything in common.
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praising God and enjoying the favor of all the people. And the Lord added to their number daily those who were being saved.
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So the man gave them his attention, expecting to get something from them.
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When all the people saw him walking and praising God,
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Peter Speaks to the Onlookers
While the man held on to Peter and John, all the people were astonished and came running to them in the place called Solomon’s Colonnade.
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By faith in the name of Jesus, this man whom you see and know was made strong. It is Jesus’ name and the faith that comes through him that has completely healed him, as you can all see.
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But this is how God fulfilled what he had foretold through all the prophets, saying that his Messiah would suffer.
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“Indeed, beginning with Samuel, all the prophets who have spoken have foretold these days.
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And you are heirs of the prophets and of the covenant God made with your fathers. He said to Abraham, ‘Through your offspring all peoples on earth will be blessed.’
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then know this, you and all the people of Israel: It is by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom you crucified but whom God raised from the dead, that this man stands before you healed.
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Then they called them in again and commanded them not to speak or teach at all in the name of Jesus.
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After further threats they let them go. They could not decide how to punish them, because all the people were praising God for what had happened.
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The Believers Pray
On their release, Peter and John went back to their own people and reported all that the chief priests and the elders had said to them.
